BrevardBioDiesel Blog

I put together a graph based on the total number of retail sources of biodiesel being displayed on our interactive map over the past 8-9 months.

Note that the steady increase (red line) is pretty much spot on with a linear growth trend line (black line). The increase looks to be about 1 retail station per calendar day coming on board.

(Note that the total current number of stations on our map is the number in the map icon on our home page.)

Some odds and ends:

Interest is rising in making the next Brevard area end user biodiesel order. If you are new to wanting biodiesel in the area, send us an email and we'll get you on the list. Our last order ended up at $3.09/gallon delivered.

Brevard Biodiesel recently provided a presentation on biodiesel to Frank Leslie's Renewable Energy Course at FIT. Some photos from our presentation:

Jay W. opens the presentation

Jay W. points to two things at once

Here is a page at Oregon State University describing their Microreactor Biodiesel Project.
From their description:

The microreactor was designed, with the help of 
Goran Jovanovic, by this student team. The micro reactor 
was designed to be a plug flow reactor where two separate 
phase fluids react by diffusion. The reaction between 
the two fluids occurs at the interface. The microreactor 
is favorable over a traditional batch reactor because 
the small microchannels require significantly less time 
for diffusion.

There are two biodiesel presentations in the agenda of items for this Saturday 22nd April including one by Brevard Biodiesel from 12:00 - 12:30 pm in Olin Auditorim EC-118.

Information on the fair/stage proper locations:

Florida Tech (a.k.a. the Florida Institute of Technology) is 
located at 150 West University Blvd., Melbourne, Florida. 
The event venue is south of the Clemente Center, accessible 
from University Blvd. or from Country Club Rd., one block 
west of Babcock St. Parking is available on the southwest 
side of Clemente Center (Building 33). Parking is between 
buildings 32 & 41 on the campus map. 
Overflow parking is south of the Physical Sciences Bldg. 
(the one with the telescope dome on top).

Brevard Biodiesel will be one of the exhibitors at the 2nd annual Florida Institute of Technology held in Melbourne Florida on Earth Day, April 22, 2006, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

FAQs for the event including map/directions.

Stop by and say hi and chat us up about biodiesel.

See you there!

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Brevard Biodiesel will also be providing a presentation to the Transportation Class at FIT on 11 April.